HOPE

by James Cris Cook

I am a 38-year old male who was diagnosed with a very rare disease called Cushing's Disease by a freak accident. The life-span for those with this disease is 8-10 years. My accident occurred after I had the disease for more than seven, thus I was very lucky, since I was only 25 at the time. There are no signs of this disease; in fact, one feels awesome all the time, never gets sick, and no outward indications that you have the disease. It is simply a tumor in your brain that is undetectable without undergoing every test known to medical science at the time, which was was 1997. But, fate intervened at the last possible moment to make me have to go to the hospital (I was playing basketball at The University of Texas School of Law, the ball grazed my pinkie, and my entire hand broke.) Since that time, I have had to be rushed to the hospital more than 6-hundred times, I have had two strokes and can't work anymore. I look entirely normal on the outside, but I have to take 11 medications every day or I would die that day. The hospital had to remove my entire pituitary gland (the master gland). Thus, I wanted to write a book that gave HOPE to everybody, no matter what their situation is. It doesn't have to be medical; in fact, it can be anything that is troubling you. Live, be happy, and love.

61 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 22, 2010